‘Uncharted’ PS4 Ports Could Be On Their Way
Some Uncharted PS4 ports could be in the works, according to a statement from Sony. Nathan Drake and his adventures are very likely about to get the HD treatment much like The Last of Us.
After the recent reveal of Uncharted 4 at E3 2014, it occurred to Sony head Shuhei Yoshida that some gamers might not have owned a PlayStation 3 before playing the latest Uncharted on the next-gen console. Gamers who did own the PS3 probably won’t want to buy the games again, even in an HD collection. However, with Microsoft’s horrible PR over the last year, even Xbox 360 owners have seen the PlayStation 4 as a better buy than the obvious next step up. The Sony head basically stated that about 50 percent of PS4 owners never owned the PlayStation 3, and hence never played Uncharted 1-3.
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Shuhei Yoshida explained about the possibility of HD releases of Uncharted PS4 ports:
“Almost 50 per cent of people who have purchased a PS4 didn’t own a PS3, and that’s lots of people that missed exclusive PS3 titles like The Last of Us, so it’s a great way to welcome those people back to PlayStation, saying this is what you missed.
“There are requests from some consumers for games that were released later in the generation, like Uncharted, which people might have missed. That would be a good candidate. We don’t want to flood the market with remade games either.”
In other words, Yoshida knows there is a line to be drawn with HD remakes, and Sony won’t take Nintendo’s route and simply re-release all of their previous games on the new console. Uncharted has been a big seller among PlayStation owners, and could make a way for newcomers to catch up on the storyline behind Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End by releasing Uncharted PS4 ports.
Do you think this is a good idea, or should PS4 owners simply be satisfied with the latest game and buy a PS3 to play the older games? Is it time Sony simply made the PS4 backwards compatible?
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